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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25
FENCE CUTTERS' NEW FIELD.

FENCE UTI,ERS' Ne " FIELD.
Fence-cutting, which is now an effete
industry in Texas, has found new field
of operation in Mississippi, state where
one would hardly expect such a species
of lawIessness to develop. Mississippi is
wooded state, and it is impracticable as
well as unnecessary to fence in such vast
areas Of land as we see in Western Texas,
mile after mile of the grim barbed wire,
presenting the dreariest sight the man
with a hoe ever gazed on, but very CRATE
full to the sight of the man with lowing
herds. In Mississippi the cattle industry
is comparatively insignificant, and since
he war the tendency has run to smaller
farms, thus making the areas under fence
smaller. The trouble there seems to
have grown out of an act of the Legisla-
ture making wire fence, such as we
have in Texas, lawful Enclosure, and
providing that stock breaking through
such barrier shau be subject to imme-
date slaughter at the hands CT
the party whose Enclosure is thus
invaded, or else holding the owner
of the depreGating stock liable for all
damages inflicted by his cattle or swine.
The law worked very well so far as the
cattle were concerned, for the wire fence
held them at bay, as it does everywhere.
But the hogs, which are Jar more Eumer-
Gus in Mississippi than horned cattle,
were not to be shut out By wire fence;
they made their way between or under
the wires with impunity, and the newt
able result followed; the owners Of the
lands either killed the hogs or sued their
owners, and thus bad feeling grew up.
Fence cutting has commenced in various
portions of Mississippi, and as a rule it is
the Objectionable wire fences that are de-
stroyed. The Mlssissippians are as
founded and puzzled, and talk of the ne
cessity for legislation to punish this (to
them) novel mode of doing injury to
property. 1t is the same spirit that for
while was so rampant in Texas, although
evoked by different causes. No commu-
nifty can afford to condone or dslsy+ with
such a spirit, and the soonert IT,. is
the better for all con
cerned. There is even less Lex
cuse for its operations in MississipaII
than existed in Texas, for here men Of
small means and holdings saw tEemseIves3
literally fenced out of existence, aEd it
was not wondered at when they Fevoltess.
L vas 9 dangerous, IaWless spirit, how !
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25
PURE FOOD ASSURED.

For raising bread biscuit other food only the very
best and purest baking powder should be employed The
of the ordinary of tartar of baking pow
der containing lime alum phosphaes carries deleterous
ingredients into the food the prejudice of the life and
health of the consumer. =
The ordinary baking powder contains either lime
which, introduced into the system IN free quantities.
serious disorders ofhe kidneys alum corrosive
poison phosphaes, which aareeondenned by physicians
as deleerious in their effect en taken under certain
physical conditions.
The absolute purity Of the Royal Baking Powder
makes it preemineny the tseful and wholesome
leayenjng agent known 1t contains no lime alum phos
phate other impurity leaves akaneer other resum
in the food, and its use always pure hight and
bread, biscuit and cake, that perfectly digestibe and
wholesome whether hot cold, fresh stale Its
ening power has been determined the highest whenever
tested by official authority and all chemists and writers
food hygiene commend it for sterling Qualities
Prof. H. A. Mott, who has examined the various
baking powders for the Z, S. Government says: -.
The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest
and most reliable baking powder offered the public
i "H. A MOTT, MD. Pn.D"
Late u S. Chemist
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25
THE FLOODS.

4 Great Rise-A Family of Four Drowned.
BISMARCK, D. t, March - The Mis-
souri, fell about twelve inches last night,
and this morning stood at the high water
mark of 1877. Railroad men and detained
passengers were thinking they would have
quick relief, when the water began to rise
again and has risen q foot since. The
rise at his point over body Of water six
miles in width IS marvellous. A train
from the east was delayed twenty minutes
this afternoon by a rise in Apple creek,
three miles esst. and if the water IN this
creek rises mucn more It will be impOssi-
bic for traiEs TO come to Bismarck. There
is no longer aay doubt of the drowning
of the Jackson family at Painted Woods,
consisting of father, mother and two
children.
THE PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED.
BISMARCK, ID. T., March 22.-The
water IS now stationary. The Northern
Pacific has transferred IN yawls and viii
transfer bv the steamer Helena to-
morrow. All the passengers delayed
here have been fed at the cOmpany's ex-
pense. DyuamiJ212Sas unavsniDgiy used
on the gorge st SiDIey island to-day.
Little Heart river is expected to break
and when it does, the water will back
into Mandan in terrific Hood.
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PROHIBLTION IN TEXAS.

In answer to numerous inquiries as to
when prohibition will 60 into effect in
case the amendment is carried next Au-
gust. THE GAZETTE republishes the joint
resolution as passed by the Legislature.
From this it will be seen that the date OF
the operation of prohibitory law will de-
pend upon when the drst session of the
Legislature is held after the adoption of
the amendment:
Section I. Be 1t resOlvedby the House of Rep
resentatives of the state of Texas, the Senate
concurring, that section 20 of article is of the
constitution, be so amended as to read as fol
lows, to wit:
section 20. The manufacture, sale and eI-
change of Intoxicating liquors. except for med
zeal, mechanical and scientific pur, oses, is
hereby prohibited in the state of Texas. The
Legislature shall, at the first session held after
the adoption of this amendment, enact n, Ces-
sary laws to put this provision tntO effect"
Sec. ,. The foregoing constitutional amend
ment shall be submitted to a vote of the qush-
fed electors Of he state of Texas, at an elec-
ton to be held for that purpose, on the first
Thursday in August, 1887. At which election
all voters favOrlng said proposed amendment
shall write on their ballots the words, For the
amendment" and those opposed to said amend
ment shall write on their ballots, against the
amendment" TIE Governor of the STATE is
hereby directed to issue the neC5s sary puylica-
ton for said election under the existing cleo
ton laws of the state.
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IMPRISONMENT rs. HANGING.

IMPRISONMENT rs. HANGING.
Maine was the first state of the Union
to introduce what is known as the pro-
hibitory policy and now her Lawmakers
have determined on another experiment,
the outcome of with will be watched
with interest, albeit several years will OF
necessity be required to test how much
of value there is in the system as
compared with that which it super
sedes. The reform Of such 1t
may be called) is the abolition of capital
punishment. The scaffold is to be taken
down and Imprisonment for life in all
cases of murder in the first degree substi-
tuted Such conviCts, however, are to
be kept in close confinement, away from
oil associations, and no pardoning power
is vested in the Governor or council
unless the convict is proved to be inno-
cent. It is not contended that senti-
mental humanity plays any part IN bring
ing about the new system; the terrors OF
lifelong Incarceration, at hard labor
and absolute solitary features may well
be considered as perhaps as severe pun
ishment as death-many prisoners would
doubtless prefer death. The chief motive,
therefore, for the innovation must be the
belief that it will have greater tendency
TO lessen the crime of murder than the in
Fiction of the death penalty does.
There can be no doubt that if the results
are encouraging other states will
cheerfully adopt a similar policy, for
society at large would be glad to
be we'll rid of the gallows sys-
TEN, with its many revolving features,
demoralizing in their tendencies and es-
peciallY perncious in their effects upon
the vulgar multitude, which too often re
CARDS the galIows bird as kind of hero.
1t Is rather discouraging for the Maine
reformers that the experience of Euro
pean countries, in regard to capital pun
ishment, has not proven as encouraging
as could be desired. Switzerland, one Of
the most orderly communities on the
globe, tried the imprisonment plan and
gave it thorough test, too, but finally
abandoned it, as the logic of the statis-
tics demonstrated beyond all doubt that
the percentage of murders increased
rather than diminished. Human nature
is pretty much the same, the world over,
and it will be rather surprising If Maine
has any happier experience than Switzer-
lands. 1t Is worth trying, though, and
the other states, not willing to abolish
the death penalty yet, will be very glad
to have Name make the experiment for
the common good. They will go on hang
ing their murderers in The regulation
way (that is when it is possible to con-
vict them), and if the Maine method
proves to possess value over the present
system it will then be time enough to dis
pense with Jack Ketch's services.
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Dancing or kissing?
T. W. II. in Harper's Bazaar.


It may be asserted, in a general way,
tat wherever in the United States you do
not fad dancing you find kissing. In
communities where dancing was disgp-
proved have seen "string games" called
for and carried into practice at entertain
ments held in school-hOuseS, and even at
church sOCiables. In suCl places chureB-
memb -Ts-and, for aught l know, deg
COns-.ake part in the amusement; ana q
have seen It develop q triskiness, SO 10
speak, in gTiZzled men, which made them,
one would say, any thing but seductiya.ar
beguiling to the young ana fir. AnEUng
those Of earlier years kissing becOfes IN
such communities systematic par plf,
ike hunting or fishing. YOuUg Gill
whose parents object 70 II are neglected
or dislikcd; young man in such c village
told i friend Of mine, with some lndigna-
ton, that she was the only girl in town
whOm he h2d net kissed. Il IS Of no use
to object 10 it as immoral where the
church members are committed 10 1t.
Perhaps il can Lot be called immoral; but
when society has reaCheda certain stage
Of refinement these games vanish. The
symbol of that increased refinement is
usually dancing. Dancing, whatever its
drawbacks, serves practically as the
anJidote to kissing games: where one be-
gins the other dies out. They do not
seem to flourish side by side; at any rate,
people rarely go back from dancing to
kissing. Granting, for the sake of argu-
ment, that 1t is necessary to have some
amusement, the choice lies, in our villages
and their scattered families, between
these two forms of relaxation. Which is
the better of the two?
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WTIATED BLOOD.
ScrOfulOus, Inherited and Con-
tagiOus HumOrs Cured
by CuticUra.

II through the me iium of one Of your books
i eCeived through Mr.. Frank T. Wray,
Druggist, apollo, Pa, 1 bee, me acquainted
with ur Gu icuTa Remedies, and JaEe this
opportunity 10 testify to you hat their use has
ermsneutly cured ne Of one of tbs worst cases
OF blood pOis nj z, IN csnneCtiOn with cry
having been pronounced incurabe by some of
the best physicians IN our county / take great
pleasure in Forwarding o you this testimonial,
suffering rom silGl maladi-s may be en-
couraged 10 give your Cuttcura Remedies
trial. =. ) WI LINER,
LeechautE, Pa.
Eeference: Frank T. Wray, Druggist, ApOl-
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Excitement in Texas,

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the remark
able recovery of Mr.. RE. Corley, who
was so helpless he could not turn in bed,
or raise his head; everybody sad he was
dying of consumption. A trial bottle of
DR.. Kings NewsDfscoverY was sent him.
Finding relief, aF. bought a large bottle
and box of .DT. Rings New Life Pills;
by the timeehe had taken two boxes of
Pills and two bottles of the Discovery he
was weIkand had gained IN flesh thirty
six pounds. I'll
Trial bottles of this Greats discovery
for Consumption free at H. w. Williams
E Co.'s
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He PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED.
Dallas and Fort Worth.

The Fort Worth GazETTE and the DaI-
las News have boCa responded to the
needs of this, the drouth stricken dis
trict of Texas, in way that will endear
them 20 the hearts Of d grateful people
The columns of the two papers show
RbQdt S2500 donated so far, which will
buy great many bushels of seed. Our
wish is that they, the people of Dallas
and Fort Worth, may receive a thousand
for every seed they nave 40
mated to this suffering people
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Curedaof Drinking

ga young friend Of mine was cured Of
an Unsuitable thirst for liquor that had so
FRUSTRATED his system that he was unable
to do any business. He was entirely
cured by the use OF Hop Bitters 1t al
!ayed ail that burning thirst; took away
the appetite for liquor; made his nerves
steady; and he has remained g steady
and sober man for more than two years,
and has no desire 10 return to his cups,
and l know of q number of others that
have been cured of drinking bv it,
From 8 leading Il. R. otlicial, Chicago,
Ill.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25

ever, that the revolt displayed, and So
clety, despite the admitted provocation,
interviewed with such summary measures
that fence cutting ceased. Our friends
over IN Mississippi can nip the trouble 10
the bud if they move promptly. II they
do not, they will soon realize what a
plague it will prove. Thank heaven, we
are rid of it in Texas
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IN DUYAL COUNTY.
Terrible Effects of tho Drouth-CattIe IN
Poor Condition.

BOor COn11IlOn.
SAN DIEGO, len, March 10, 1887.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
Our city in the woods has bscn and
continues extremely dull. Money never
was known to be as stringent as ar this
time. The drouth has been just terrible,
and there is no sign as to when it is 60
ing to change for the better. There is
not the most distant prospect of q crop,
and even our animals are showing il their
reduced condition the want of nutri-
tious food. The grass, where there is
any left, for the most has been burned up
and blown away. 1t is perfectly dry and
paTChed, and for miles around the water
ing places there is not a spear or
blade of anything green eXcept The no
pal, priCkly pear, and few other species Of
the cactus and th0rny shrubs-On which
the cattle and sheep aud goats manage to
keep alive, and really in better order than
would be supposed possible. Horses sui
fer most. Stock generally. however, is
scarcely fit for market, and there are not
many head sold, and when a sale is made
it is at ruinOuslv low prices. A great
many Of our citizens who have been gen
orally we'll to do and forehanded have
not been able to pay their taxes this year
yet, and the list of deliuquents is very
large. Our present outlook is gloomy
indeed.
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1t Has Many such.
Clarendon Texan.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE has done
more towards the Upbuilding OF that city
than any other enterprise within her
limits. It is plain and outspoken upon
all questions pertaining to the public
good and welfare Of the city. Ii the Fort
had a few more such enterprisIng GA
zETTE's, she would "boom" sure enough
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25

EVEN New York seems to be catching
on to the real estate boom. A lot 40 feet
8 inches on Broadway and 153 feet on
Cedar street sold on the 18th inst. for
500, 200. The American people are pay
ing prices for real estate that evince little
faith in Henry Georges land scheme.
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WAsH1NeroN. D. C.. Sept. "A, 1854.

DEAR SIR" nv don't you gets certif-
cate from Colonel W. H. W of Baltimore,
showing how he cured himself of drunk
enness ny the help of Hop Bftters. His Is
q wonderful case. He is Well known in
Rochester, N Y, by all tie drinking
people there. He is known in this city,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York; IN
fact all over the country, as he mss spent
thousands of dollars for rum. l honestly
believe his card would be worth thou
sands Of dollars to you in this city and
Baltimore alone, snd make thousands OF
sober men by inducingthe use of your
bItters. JAW
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Rev. Mrs J. n. ELLsooD.
..slnn,n ~ IL. L..

iSAsPJOs ksI, Dec. |, lss4.
am rastoryof i9efasptist church here
and an educated physician. am not in
practice, buezs am my sole family physi-
clan, and advise in chrdnic cases. Over
year ago l feaeQmended your Hop
Bitters to nay invalid Vile, who has been
under medical treatment of AIbsDy's best
physiea&rs Several years. She has been
greatly benefted and stifRAses the medi-
cine I helisge she wIfSbecome thor
Oughly. e&tred of her varISns complica-
tssst'tfFse8ses by their ussEF We both rec
ommend them to our friends, many of
whom have also BEEN cured of their Va
riOus ailments bYsknsm.
REE. Z. r. WARREN.
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Loves the GaZ Ute.
Kerryille Eye,

The Fort Worth GAZETTE is doing q
grand work for the drouth sufferers.
THE GAZETTE is showing the people OF
Texas that building railroads is not the
only leudatle enterprise 1t is capable OF
engineering. THE GAZETTE is one OF
those sort of newspapers fellow can't
help falling in love with.
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4 Terrible Surgical Operation.
A FATAL MISTAKE.

The Cleveland (Ohio) Press of February
%, 1888, Published an account of fatal
surgical operation which caused a great
commotion among medical men through
out the whole country, DR.. Thayer, the
most eminent surgeon in Cleveland, pro-
nouncing il scandalous. 1t appears that
Mrs. King had been suffering for many
wears from some disease Of the stomach,
which had resisted the treatment of all the
physicians In attendance. The disease
commenced with slight arrangement of
the digestion, with a poor appetite, fol
lowed By q peculiar indescribable distress
in the stomach, feeling that has been
described as a faint "an gone" SEN
sation, g sticky slime collecting about
the teeth, causing disagreeable taste.
This sensation was not removed by 1000,
but, on the contrary it was increased.
After awhile the hands and feet became
cold and sticky-a cold perspiration.
There was q constant tired and languid
feeling. Then followed dreadful ner-
vousness, with gloomy forebodings.
FINALLY the patient was unable to retain
any food whatever, and there was con-
slant pain in the abdomen. All pre-
scribed remedies failing to give relief,
consultation was he'd, when it was de-
c!ded that the patient had cancer in the
stomach, and in order to save the pa
tents life an operation was iustifabIe.
Accordingly, on the 22d of February,
1883, the operation was performed by DR..
Vance in the prese1Seof DR.. Tuckerman,
DR.. Perrier, DR.. Arms, DR.. Gordon, DIR.
Capner and DR.. HaIliwen of the police
board. The operation Consisted in lay
iRg.epen the cavity of the abdomen and
exposing the stomach and bowels. When
~ -afp. - = af,fAse
this had been done an examination of the
organs was made, but to the horror and
dismay of the doctors there was no can
Ger to be found. The patient did not
have cancer, When too late the medi-
cal men tlseeSsfeagss chat they had made q
terrible# mistake; but they sewed the
parts together and dressed the wound
that theEfsd made, but the poor woman
sankfrom exhaqstion and died in few
hours. How sad it must be for the hus-
band d this poor woman to know that
his wifstaed from the effects of surgi-
cal operation that ought never to have
been performed If this woman had
taken the proper remedy for Dyspepsia
and Nervous Prostration Gor this was
what the disease really wasl, she would
have been living to-day. SHAKER
EXTRACT OF ROOTS, OK oEIUhL
CURATIVE SYRUP, a remedy made
expressly for Dyspepsia or In
digestion, has restored many such
cases to perfect health after all other
kinds of treatment have failed. The evil
dence of it's efficacy in curing this class of
cases is too voluminous to be published
here; but those who read the published
evidence in favor of this dyspeptic rene
dy do not question its convincing nature,
and the article has an extensive sale.
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Waco will be haRored with the pres
.ence of Dr. S. Curtis the next TWO
weeks. His success il Dallas and Tyler
has been marvellous.
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James { Rio9as5sop, CustOmhoussf New
Orleans. on o. n saysEz J,kn 1870 s;rof1E8as I'll
of coIrupUioa. Ever thing krossTlgs D, The med
5cal faculty was tdef t. vainT4 became mere
wreck Al N esscould nos Iift my Lands to
slant pam, a a. looked upon he SIS a curze
No relief or cure % ten years. In ISL I heard
Of thu CutIcuTa Remedies, Used then, and was
perfectly cured"
sworn to before United States Conlbtlssioner
J. d Crawford. "a
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H0USrON's REFRIGERATOR.
The Citizens Meet and Take Stock iii III
New EnterurIse

The Citizens Meet and Take Stock iii the
New Enterprise.
Special to the Gazette.
HOUSTON, TEX, March 22.-Pursuant
to call from T. w. House, chairman of the
Texas Packing Company, the representa-
tive business men and capitalists of HOus-
tor met at the Cotton Exchange to-day
with q view to consultation and final or
ganization of the refrigerating, canning
and packing company to be located at
this point. Stirring speeches were made
by Congressman Charles Stewart, Hon.
NJ. S. Murson of BraZ3rla and other lead
lug citizens. The capital stock of the en-
terprise is placed al $50 900. with privi-
Iege Of increasing to $1,000 000, OF the
first named amount Houston is required
to subscribe S25I, 600. Subscriptions
were opened and many thousand dollars
raised The city Will be thoroughly can
>Xassed by the committeesAnponted for
L f'.st purpose. No di1icuisgs VIII be ex-
aerienced in raisigg the required amount
f9e4se.
Tak5 aasssdsireg GundaFah osgi7en you
heel bilious 0r Gssstiveta nd Twill open
Fssgr DO ~ L.. lsHeese l4ssaraIus bIlet
CT issssss the bIoodNatslsSoQ VIII ieaalzs'g5!3i
and invigorated-
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"A MEDICINE, NorA DRINK.
High Authority.

Hop Bitters is not, in any sense, an
alcoholic beverage or liquoI, and could
not re sold, foy use, except to persons
desi1ous Of Obtaining Idedical bitiers.
GREEN B RAUM,
L. S. COm'r Internal Rev.
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= Thousands of COED people in the older
s&tates would start for Hexas st once II
sRey knew what g grand country. we have.
The ~ eekly GAZETTE will better INFORM
them oae1lis slien any other mesns. Will
ydu noa help To distribute this informa-
fisn BIZ subscribing tqit for tha frienddss.
yda you'd like to have come to alFe neaf
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Prejudice Kilis s,s.

ELEVEN years our fered 6ns
bed of misery under the csre OF several
of the best physicians, who gave her dis
ease various names fba&zaSf relief, and now
she is restored to US 81 good health by
Hop Bi'ters, that we haas boohed at two
years beforesgslug 1t. WasearnestIy hope
asd pray that nasone else will let their
sick suffer as Ae. dfsson account of preiu-
dice sgainst so eeed seanedIcfne as Hop
Bitters. u The PARENTS Good Templsrs.